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three years during the season of lake navigation:
1857.
1858.
1850.
Red Win.
White
Red Win.
White
Red
White Win.
March 7.
87
90 1 36 1 4201 45
March 14 ..
80
88(2) 90 1 37 1 45@1 50
March 2L ... ....
81
90(ou 94 1 38 1 45001 48
March 28 ..
..
8:2
91@ 96 1 30 1 44001 49
April 11 .. .
....
April 25 .. 1 45 1 68.01 70
alay
2 .. 1 44 100
82
94(@) 99 1 36 1 42001 45
May
9 .. 1 45
1 66@1 70
81
97(@/1 00 1 4: 1 50001 55
May
16 .. 1 45
1 67@1 70
81
1 001 03 1 55 1 7 (@1 74
May
23. 1 48
1 7201 85
80
55(41 00 1-50 1 6:0 1 68
May
30 .. 1 55
1 800 1 85
81
96@1 00 1 50 1 620021 15
June
6 .. 1 53
1 8KG 1 85
84
97001 02 1 25 1 60@1 68
June 13 .. 1 55
1 8 @1 85
87
98@1 05 1 53 1 62/1 64
June
20 .. 1 60
180187
86
90@1 05 16:16 @1 15
June 27 .. 1 62
1 8001 85
88
95(@ 1 03 1 40 1 4: 1 50
July
4 .. 1 63
1 18@1 81
89
14@1 02 1 35 1 3001 38
July
11 .. 1 00
1 7501 78
87
9@1 00 1 40 1 30001 40
July
18 .. 1 55
-@1 78
86
91@ 1 00 1 25 1 2001 50
July
25 .. 1 48
90
98@ 1 06 1 16 1 1501 20
Aug.
1 .. 1 45
1 68@1 72
95
116@1 09
95 1 13001 18
8 .. 1 45
1 7 @1 75
1 04
1 12@: 16 1 0/ 1 2 (12)
Aug.
15 .. 1 87
1 6@1 65
1 15
1 12@1 30
1 23
1 28(@1 37 1 05 1 10(0 1 14
Aug.
20 .. 1 19
1 25001 41
1 10
1 25.001 51 1 04 1 100@1 15
Sept.
5 .. 1 02
1 15@1 35
1 12 1 240 1 28: 1 05 1 13/ 1 13
Sept.
12 .. 1 05
1 250 1 35
1 08
1 2X@1 26 1 08 1 18 @1 21
Sept.
19 .. 1 12
...
1 12@1 25
1 14
1 21(@1 24
1 00 1 10@1 15
Oct.
3.
90
1 0 @1 15
1 10@1 20 1 02 1 1001 14
Oct.
10 ..
88 1 0 @1 10
92 1 000 1 12
98
97
1 00(@1 15 1 08 1 15001 8
Uct.
31 ..
90
1 0501 17
1 00
1 16@1 21 1 16 1 19@1 21
Nov.
7 ..
88 1 00 1 15
1 08
1 201 25 1 14 1 19001 22
Nov.
14 ..
94 1 08@ 1 03
1 10 1 2 1 24 1 19 1 2001 30
Nov.
21 ..
1 00@1 10
1 10
1 20@ 1 25 1 18 1 22@1 25
Nov.
23 ..
1 06@1 10
1 10 ] 21000 1 27 1 19 1 2001 :8
Dec.
5.
92 1 01 10 1 12 1 24 @01 30: 1 20 1 2 @1 22
Dec.
12 ..
90 1 0 00 1 12 1 14 1 2 21 30 1 15 1 27@1 30
1857.
1858.
1859.
Chi. Spring.
Mil.
Chi.
Mil.
Chi.
Mil .
Club
Spring
75
s
78
$1 10
$1 15
March 14.
74
78
1 12
March 21 ..
75
78
1 11
1 20
March 28
77
80
1 10
1.50
April 4.
78
78
1 04
1 15
April 11.
75
77
1.00
1 12
April 18.
April 25.
1 23
1 29
75
1.00
May
2.
1 24
72
76
1.00
1 17
May
9
1 25
1 32
71
74
1.04
May
16
1 25
1 39
70
72
1 25
May
23
1 28
1 24
71
1 20
1.55
Mar
31
1 31
1 36
70
72
-
1 21
June
13
1 31
1 37
76
81
1
1 16
June 27
1 35
1 41
72
80
1 00
Julv
1 35
1 42
70
76
87
1.00
Joly
11 ........
1 35
1 44
66
75
90
1 06
July
18 ........
1 32
1 41
65
75
82
July 25 ........
1 51
1 89
70
76
60
OU
Aug. 12
1 28
1 35
78
81
90
70
85
ADR.
22
1 20
1 26
90
1 15
82
1 00
58
72
Sept. 5
85 80
88
83
1 02
80
1 00
85
88
Sept. 26
85
78
80
1 06
85
86
Oct. 3
78
85
=8
96
90
90
Oet.
10
76
71
90
87
91
Oet.
17
....
83
85
64
81
91
Oct.
21
......
82
85
66
84
98
Nov.
....
78
83
74
87
1 00
1 02
Nov.
21 ........
78
82
73
87
1 05
1 06
Dec.
5
....
...
78
80
72
88
1.04
1. 06
Dec.
12
....
80
82
75
88
1.03
1 05
NOTE-The price from and including Sept. 5th is for the new erop.
1
-- -
April 4 .. ....
...
8:2
95@ 98 1 98 1 45@1 50
83
9 (@1 00 1 35-1 48 @1 54
April 18 ..
81
900 95 1 31 1 40@ 1 48
₦
....
...
@1 34
1 09
1 20@1 25 1 07 1 121 22
Sept.
26 .. 1 00
1 08
1 00
1 14@@1 20
1 05 1 12@1 18
Oct.
17 ..
1 0 @1 15 1 07 1 1201 14
Oct.
24 ..
90 1 00@ 1 12
..
....
72
74
1 00
1 10 1 15
Jane
6.
1 30
1 .96
74
78
June
20
1 50
1 38
73
78
66
&
Ang.
8 ..
1 30
1 32
85
1 00
65
1 06
60
Sept. 12
Sept. 19
1 00
1 02
75
62
80
95
96
Oet.
93
97
99
Nov. 14.
76
1 00
Nov.
29
......
78
80
88
99
95
1 29
1 35
Aug.
15.
Aug. 29.
1 10
90
1 15
....
Club. Spring Club.
March 7.
984 1 10@1 15
Aug.
22 .. 1 3%
92 g) 98 1 35 1 40 ~ 1 45
W n.
Win.
Win.
92
...
82
-
44
COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER DIRECTORY.
CORN.
We refer the reader to a table under the head of "Lake Commerce" for a statement of the re- ceipts of this article for a series of years. The receipts of the past two years were as follows:
1858
6,621 668
Receipts by lake, bu by canal
2 460
Total supr Ly
6,624,128
1859.
3,113 653
..
by Buffalo & Erie K R
18 575
Total supply
3,149 346
The total falling off in the receipts, as com- pared with 1858, is thus shown to have been 3,474,782 bu, or more than one-half the entire receipts of that year.
The source of supply by lake was as follows:
Ohio
87,234
Indiana .
332,1 0
Michigan
73 823
Illinois
2,598.488
Wisconsin
21,9:8
Canada
50
Total
3 113 653
The following will show the disposition o the crop:
Shipped by canal to tide water, ba. 1,642 634
Shipped by canal to the interior
514 914
Consigned to the N. Y. Central R R 2 349
215,845
Burned in City Elevator, Nov. 7 24,000
Shipped by ferry boat to Cana:a 115 192
Used by distillers
496 36,
Amount otherwise disposed of
138,067
Total, equalling receipts 3,149,346
The number of bushels reported in the Com- mercial as having changed hands since and in- cluding 1857 is shown by the following:
Sales reported in 1857. bu
3,092.000
Sales reported in 18:8, bo. +
3.154 000
Sales reported in 1839. bu
1,953,000
A considerable proportion of the transactions are not reported. Were it possible to obtain the exact amount, we have no doubt our figures for 1859 would be increased at least to 2,500,000 bushels.
The market, at the beginning of March last year, opened dull and heavy at from 76 to 80c for fair to choice, the demand at that time being confined to the wants of distillers, who, by rea- son of high prices, were not running their works to more than one-half their full capaci- ty. The stock in store at this period was about 30,000 bu, but the amount was materially redu- ced before the middle of April. Our receipts, moreover, for March and April were very light, amounting to only some 75,000 bus-a smaller amount than had. generally been supposed would come forward by this time. About the . Ist of May, as lots began to arrive more free- -
ly, the market declined 2 a 3c, but old prices
were again resumed before the middle of the month, owing to continued light receipts, and during the second week in May a further ad- vance of 6 a 7c was noted. Prices fluctuated considerably during the latter part of the montb, and at times small lots of prime found buyers at 90c, and even higher, when the market would almost immediately fall back within the range of 85 a 87c. The weather about the 1st of June was remarkably damp, and no small proportion of our receipts were by its influence in a heated or unsatisfactory condition. Holders were anx- ious, therefore, to get the same off their hands as speedily as possible, and in order to do so were willing, in most cases, to make liberal con- cessions. Throughout June, also, prices contin- ned to decline, but the demand, considering the amount on the market, was moderately active A break in the canal in July, coupled with news of a termination of the Italian war, imparted considerable dullness to the market, which was exceedingly weak during most of the time .- The month of August, on the contrary, was characterized by more activity, and under the impression that the new crop was likely to prove short, renewed firmness was the legiti- mate result. A considerable proportion of the receipts about the first of September were put into store immediately on arrival, in view of the impression noted above, but during the second week in September we shipped by canal some 64,000 bu in excess of our receipts. During the last two weeks of the month, the market advan- ced 10c, with a moderately active demand .- During the month of October nearly all the old offering found willing buyers at the prices to be found in the following list. The prices in this list, after and including Nov. 14, 1859, are for the new crop, which was greatly inferior to that of the old one:
PRICES OF CORN ONOE A WEEK FOR THREE YEARS.
1857.
1858.
March 7
53
March 14.
March 21.
53
March 28
51
April
79
April 13
79
May
9
71
53
8
Hay
6
70
May
3
May
June 6
75
60
75
June
63
7
73
4.
69
61
72
54
July
18
76
61
1.
74
Aug.
8
76 76
TZ 78
Aux.
5)
April 11
50
April
25
54
74
June
7.1
61 62
June
July
July
1
July
6
Aug.
Receipts by lake, bu
by : anal.
17,118
In store at the close of navigation
May
45
COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER DIRECTORY.
Aug. 22
75
76
Aug. 29
74
70
எ
Sept
5
60
65
69
Seot. 12.
55
64
70
Sept. 19.
65
66
74
Det.
3.
58
61
82
Oct. 10
54
68
86
Oct. 24.
57
56
94
Nov. 7.
60
65
Nov. 14
62
65
Nov. 21.
M
68
80
Dec
5
78
69
Dec, 12.
80
70
67
OATS.
For a statement showing the annual receipts of this cereal by lake since and including 1836 the reader is referred to a table under the head of "Lake Commerce." The total receipts for 1858 and 1859 were as follows :
1858.
Receipts by Lake, bu.
by Canal, bu.
15,791
Total supply
2,206,825
Receipts by Lake ..
¥
Canal
2,527
Total supply
1,397,049
Compared with the receipts of 1858 there is thus shown to have been a falling off of 898,- 776 bu.
The source of supply by lake was as follows:
Ohio, bu
Intiana. 82 504
35
Michigan.
26 822
Wisconsin
813,571
Canada
.180,065
Total
-1,894,502
The disposition of the amount arriving from all sources was as follows :
Shipped by Canel to tide water, bu.
to the interior.
851,188
Barned in the City Elevator. Nov. 7. .101,981
56,000
Shipped coast wire by Lake.
29.567
Consigned to the N Y Cen ral Railroad.
750
Amount otherwise disposed of
.177,467
Total, equalling receipts. 1,397,049
Taking into account the increased receipts of last year the market appears to have been more animated, in proportion to the total amount which came forward than during the season of 1858. The sales during each of the three seasons last past have been in the aggregate as follows:
Sales reported in 1857, ba
in 1808.
900.000
in 1809.
1,214,/00 774,800
The amount in store on the 7th of March last was about 8,000 bu. The demand had been quite active during the preceding winter, and as the receipts had been moderate, the stock in store was quite light at and previous to the re- sumption of lake navigation. The demand on the 1st of March was nevertheless moderate as
many of our livery stables were using coarse corn meal, mill feed, &c., as a substitute, and in view of prospective liberal receipts parties, in some cases, were from 2 to 3c apart in their views, holders, meanwhile, remaining firm. The first cargo from Chicago was brought, we be- lieve, by the schooner Carrington, which arrived on the 15th of April, and from this time for- ward the market, with some few exceptions was pretty liberally supplied. Prices were nev- ertheless well sustained during the first two weeks of the month, but during the remaining two weeks prices fell away from 58 to 52c. By the 9th of May the amount in store was only about 7,000 bu., and the market, in consequence, ruled firm. Throughout the whole of May and June prices continued to decline slowly but steadily. For the balance of the season our list of prices below will furnish all the information necessary, so far at least, as the weekly varia- tion in prices is concerned :
PRICE OF OATS ONCE A WEEK FOR THREE YEARS.
1857.
1858.
1859
March 14.
..
33
58
March 21.
61
April 11.
..
58
April 25
..
May 2.
60
40
May 16
61
33
59
May 30
69
June 6
58
38
51
June 20
56
39
49
July 4 ..
59
39
44
July 18
56
98
42 38
August 1.
60
August 8.
+3 45
35
August 15.
61
47
52
AURUSE 29
38
48
36
48
Sept. 19
37
83
Oct. 3
35
Oct 10
40
45
Oct. 24.
45
37
Nov. 7
35
Nov. 14
85
Nov 21
Nov. 28
35
52
35
53
36
BARLEY.
Under the head of " Lake Commerce " are figures indicating the receipts by lake for a se- ries of years. We subjoin a comparison of the total receipts for two years :
1858
Receipts by Lake.
# by Canal
2,2 '5,341
=
by Buffalo & Lake Huron Railway before
18, 701
opening of navigation.
6,798
Total supply
.2,296.828
-
Sept. 26.
60
65
Oct. 17
53
57
90
nct. 31.
92
9) 75
Nov. 3
75
68
80
B. & Erie Railroad.
-1,394,502
Illinois ...
May 23
63
33
56
June 13.
58
50
June 27
60
40
42
July 11.
58
35
July 25
57
40)
August 22.
44
50
Sept. 5
82 31
Sept. 12
45
32
Sept. 26
48
46
37 38
Oct 17
46
Uet. 31
34
ZZZZ
44 46
Dec. 5 ..
Dec. 12
March 7
April 4.
..
Apr 1 18
May 9.
54
502,505
Used by distillers ..
In store at the close of navigation
176.816
46
57
1859.
2,282,634
46
COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER DIRECTORY.
Receipts by Lake.
561,560
by Canal.
..
by Buffalo and Erie Railroad
by team from Niagara Co.
Total supply
432,405
Our entry of 45,000 bu. by team from Niaga- ra Co. is an estimate based on actual receipts from that quarter of something over 36,000 bu. The source of supply by lake was as follows:
Obio. 1.061
Indiana.
870
Michieso
1.925
Illinois.
226,1 08
Wisconsin.
30,811
Canada.
100,895
Total
361,560
Our receipts from Canada are shown to have been very light in comparison with previous years. The 100,895 bu. which came forward, as above, was all received after the first of August. The same fact applies with equal force to flour and other grains. The crops in Canada, in 1858, were, as all are aware, very light, and we there- fore exported breadstuffs to that Province to a considerable extent until the harvest of 1859 had been gathered in.
The following is a disposition of our total receipts :
Shipped by Canal .. bu 308,526
Used by distillers and brewers
48.325
Suipped coastwine by Late .. 5,023
In store at the clone of navigation 48.339
Amount otherwise disposed of.
2,192
Total equaling receipts. 412,405 Receipts by lake, tu. by canal.
The sales last season reached 103,000 bushels showing that the market was as active, in pro- portion to the receipts, as that for other grains. At the opening of Navigation the total amount in store, according to the official report of the Elevating Company of that date, was 13,000 bu., most of which was western. The market was then quiet within the range of 70a75c, as to quality. The first sale reported after this date was a lot of 2,000 bu. ordinary Genesee Co., which sold at 72gc. From this date until the middle of May the market ruled very quiet, at which time transactions were rather more frequent while prices were better. The inquiry soon subsided, however, and the market contin- ued very quiet until the latter part of Septem- ber, when maltsters and distillers commenced purchasing to a fair extent and prices advanced some 10c. From this time forward the demand was moderately active, and most of the sales were accordingly made after this date at the prices given below :
PRICE OF BARLEY ONCE A WEEK FOR THREE YEARS.
March 7. March 14.
1857.
1858. 56
1850 78
March 21
8
March 28
48
5.210 April 4 .. .
635 April 11 ..
48
45,000 April 18.
50
April 25.
48
May 2.
1 51
May
9
1 50
May
16.
1 50
MAY
23.
1 37
90
1 30
June
6
1 50
13
1 30
June 20.
25
June
25
July 4
20
July 11
July 18
00 00
Aug. 1.
Aug. 8.
00
Aug. 15.
00
Aug. 22.
1 00
Aug. 29 ..
00
Sept. 5.
85
62
Sept. 12
75
19.
75
Sept. 26.
75
Det. 3.
75
Det.
10.
Oct.
17.
Oct.
70
Oct 31.
70
TI
Nov. 7.
60
75
Nov. 14.
6)
70
Nov. 21.
65
65
Nov. 28
62
Dec.
5
62
67
Dec. 12.
62
68
RYE.
By reference to a table under the head ci "Lake Commerce," the reader may find figures indicating the receipts by lake of this cereal from 1836 to 1859, inclusive. The total re- ceipts for the past two years are as follows :
1858.
Total supply
1859.
Receipts by lake, bu IN M
by canal
Total mapply
There is thus shown to have been an increse of 5,810 bushels, as compared with the figura of 1858. The following shows the dispositie of the of the entire receipts :
Shipped by canal. bu.
Used by distillera.
Burned in the City Elevator, Nov. 7.
In store at the close of navigation ..
Amount otherwise disposed of.
Total, equaling receipts
The market, at the opening of navigation entirely bare, but the inquiry was neverthele moderate, as maltsters, distillers, &c., had saf plied themselves to a fair extent from the r ceipts of the previous season. The amount whid came forward before the first of August was ver light, amounting in the aggregate to but 4,54 bushels. During the month of August wert ceived 12,414 bushels, the greater portion which was doubtless the crop of 1859. TI entire sales as reported in the Commercial wo 58,400 bu.
6
45
May
July 25.
43 53
56 53
60
Sept.
73
85
95
70 67
21.
85 80 85
65
9,13
46
1859.
47
COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER DIRECTORY.
PRICES OF BYE ONCE A WEEK FOR THREE YEARS.
1868.
1859.
To Buttalo. To Oswego, To Buffalo. To Oswego.
1857.
1858.
'1859.
March 7.
85
March 14.
67
March 21
57
83
March 28
68
80
March 24
12X
: : Corn.
7 ! ! Wheat
Cora
Wheat.
Corn.
: Wheat.
CorD.
April 11
58
90
57
90
April 14.
..
8 5
..
. 3
....
May
5.
3%
4
7X
8K
7
June 6 ..
37
56
1 05
June
4
June 13.
57
1 00
JUDO
9.
3%
3X
8
6X
JaDe 20.
1 22
60
1 04
JODO
16
3X
S
June 27.
15
58
1 00
JaDe
30
6
July 11.
1 21
57
85
58
80)
July
14.
21.
28
SK
3
7
....
5
Aug 8.
08
68
Ang 15.
88
70
Aug.
11.
18
25.
1.
35
3
7
6X
5%
6
8
7X
Oct 10
62
Oct 24.
63
Oct 31
65
NOT 7.
62
Nov 14
76
Nov. 10.
..
...
..
..
75
Nov 28
63
70
75
Dee 5.
64
Dee 13
64
70
76
FREIGHTS.
A moderately fair improvement took place in this line last season as compared with the rates of the previous year. Although there was less grain to come forward from upper lake ports than during the season of 1858, the business was much more remunerative, while about all the vessels engaged were pretty steadily employed throughout the entire season. With the excep- tion of salt, however, there was probably less up freights offering, on the whole, than during some previous years, yet little complaint was at any time made by reason of a dearth of heavy articles or even of the lighter varieties of mer- chandise. From other ports, especially that of Oswego, considerable difficulty was at times ex- perienced in this particular. Salt at that place, usually forms the largest item in the way of lake exports either foreign or coastwise, but as the receipts of that article exhibit a marked falling off last year, as compared with previous seasons, the ability of that city to export was of course proportionally diminished.
The following shows the rates on wheat and corn from Chicago once a week for two years. The figures for this year are from Mr. Catlin's report :
1857.
1858.
1859.
Wheat. Corn. Wheat. Corn. Wheat. Corp.
April 18.
..
..
April 25.
9
8
8
7
May
2.
May
9.
14%
8
Z
Oct 3
63
72
Sept. Oct.
6
..
68
Oct.
13
Oct.
20.
Oct.
27
3
Nov. 3.
...
Nov 21
62
65
Nov.
17.
3X 5
...
8
..
7
6% 8
9 10
9X 8X 10
Nov. 24
..
8
4
5K 6
May 30.
1
30
94
May
26.
4
8
7
4
5X
6
4
6X
6
3 00
JuDe 23.
5
6
8%
6X
23
5X
6
5X
July 18
1 12
July 25.
1 10
61
75
July
July
Aug.
4.
Aug 20
85
Sept 5.
75
70
65 65
Rept, Sept.
8
80pt 19
72
70
Sept.
15
..
Sept 36.
70
70
Sept.
29
8
8
7×
8 7
....
7
8X
8%
7%
10
9X
..
8
73
10
8X
9
8X
Det 17.
68 65
9
8X
10
9%
69 74 75
Aug.
6
6X
6
6K
Sept 13
எ 66
6X
7%
7
7
6
70
7
3%
5X
5
Aug 1.
1 +8
65
3K
3
5
5
83
71 70
65
Aug.
....
7% 7
5
7
99 5
May 23.
25
54
94
May
19.
May
12.
6%
8
5
5
AX
6
May 3.
57
90
April 28.
5X
5
May 9.
May 16.
8% 5
5K
7X
8
8
2X
5
July 4 ..
July
7
8X
7X
6
....
April 4.
58
87
March 31.
April 7.
12X
11
....
April 18
April 25
57
April 21.
6
6K
....
7
90
5X
96
Wheat.
:
....
.... 6
7
6X
12%
..
7% 8%
8%
..
4
3
70 68 67
67 65
66
75
Canal carriers were also enabled to realize rather more last season than during the previous year. Rates were somewhat better ; the canal was in better navigable order, and fewer serious breaks occurred than during the previous sea- son, thus enabling boats to make quicker trips. Boatmen were nevertheless subject to the same draw back as in 1858, particularly as regards the transportation of flour ; namely, the damaging competition of the railroads. The low rate on this article also exerts more or less influence on prices for the transportation of wheat and corn, and although the season, as above remarked, shows some improvement, as compared with 1858 the business is by no means as remunera- tive as it should be.
The first engagements last spring were for transporting staves to Troy and Albany. They were taken at $1,37ja1,50 per ton over tolls .- Pine lumber was then taken at $3,75 per M, tolle included, and hardwood do. at $1,25 per ton over tolls. As a general thing rates on these . articles have met with the proportional increase incident to flour and grain except at times when lumber boats were scarce and others plenty, or vice versa.
RATES OF CANAL PREIGHTS ONCE A WEEK FOR THREE YEARS FROM BUFFALO TO ALBANY AND TROY.
9
8
9
...
65
70 66 65
6X
17
..
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COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER DIRECTORY.
May 14.
15
1!
10X
9%
9
8
May 23.
15
10
8
May 3.
. 15
11K
10%
9X
8
June 6.
14
10
13X
9X
8
7
8
Inne 21.
13
9
8
7
7X 7%
June 27
11X
8X
8X
7X
8
July 4.
11
8
8
9
8
8
7%
July 18.
12K
10
8X
7%
Aug. 1.
123
9X
912
O
8
Aug. 8.
12
9
10
9
8
7
Aug. 15 AGR. 22.
12X
RX
8
7X
Aug 29.
12
8
10
9
8%
8
Sept. 5
13
10
8%
7X 8
8
Sept. 19.
11
8
11
10
Sept. 26.
10%
8
10
8K
3
11
8
10
16
9
Oct. 10.
13
10
10%
91
10
Oct. 17.
15K
13×
11K
11
10X
Oct. 24.
13
10
10
15
12
Det. 31.
18
10
11
10
14
13K 16
Nov. 14.
13
10
10
9
12
Nov. 21.
14
12
14
....
Nov. 27
10%
9K
....
COAL.
The annexed statement shows the annual im- ports of coal into the city by lake and by ca- nal, for a period of seven years-
By Lake.
Tons.
R+ Canal.
Tons
1853
.88,188
1853 ..
22,313
1854
.57,634
1854
35,313
1856
.59.878
1-55.
43,371
1856
53 512
1856
.51,781
1857
.57,247
1837.
.57 696
1858
-51 394
1858.
-27 363
1850
.66,708
1859
.33,560
The supply by other routes than those above is not worthy of mention. As compared with 1858, our receipts by lake last year show an in- crease of 15,309 tons. Last year also shows an increase of 6,827 tons in our lake receipts, as compared with any in the above list, the great- est amount being received in 1855, when we re- ceived 59,878 tons. The coal brought hither by lake is altogether bituminous, and is mostly from Erie ; a considerable portion, however, comes from Cleveland. Our receipts by canal also exhibit an increase of 6,197 tons as com- pared with 1858. This is of the various de- scriptions of anthracite via New York, Albany and Ithaca. A portion is Blosburgh, which is used for smelting purposes.
There was a better demand for all varieties of coal in 1859 than during the preceding year, the movement in all directions being larger- thus proving that manufacturing establishments, not only in the interior, but those located here and west of us, have been operating to a greater extent than in the year 1858. There has also been an increased demand from the interior on account of gas companies. The shipments by canal in 1856 were 9,800 tons; in 1857, 14,025 tons; in 1858, 16,259 tons; in 1859, 41,008 tons. Of the total receipts by lake and canal last
year-100.263 tons-18.084 were shipped by lake, and 1,643 tons taken by ferry boats to Ca- nada. These two items, together with the amount shipped by canal, aggregate 60,735 tons, leaving 35,528 tons for the use of the city, shipments by railroad, and a remainder os hand at the close of the year. How near this is to the actual amount, it is of course impossi- to say, on account of the uncertainty of late shipments. It could not, however, have been much larger.
On the 1st of July last Lehigh was valued at $5 75 per ton; Lackawana, $5 25; Serma- ton, $5 25 ; Bituminous and Blosburgh, $5 .- Sept. Ist., Lehigh, $6 ; Lackawana and Soran- ton, $5 50 ; Bituminous and Blosburgh, $5- December 1st, Lehigh, $6 50; Lackawans and Scranton, $6, and Bituminous and Blosburgt, $5 00. -
HIDES.
Probably there is no city around the lake is which a greater number of hides are tanned a. nually than that of Buffalo. The imports un therefore large, not only by lake from the wex, but by canal from the seaboard. The number which came forward by lake during each of the eight years last past, was as follows :
Receipts by Lake of 1808. No. K.
3
1854.
44
1855.
1856
It'ss
1857
"
1868. 18-9.
The receipts and shipments by canal and including 1856, have been as follows-
Received.
1866.
.452 525
1857
.150,800
780 86
1858.
.573.904
1859.
.386,789
8
7%
July 25
12Y
9K
9%
8%
12
9
8X
7X
8
7
Sept. 12.
12%
9
10%
9
Nov. 7.
13
10
11
10
17
8
Jane 15.
8
July 11.
11
....
Oct.
1853.
But a very small proportion of our receipts by canal pass through to Western States. The Custom House returns do not give the number which went to Canada last year, but the valma- tion of the same was $13,813. The receipts by railroad are also large, but we have no means of ascertaining the precise number. It is believed than more than two-thirds of our entire receipt are used in the city and vicinity.
On the last of May last, green trimmed ruled at &c; green salted at 9 1-4c; and dry flint # 20c per lb; but by the 1st of November had declined to the following figures green trimm- ed, 6%c; green salted. 8c, and dry flint 16alie
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COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER DIRECTORY.
HAMBURGA CHEESE.
The trade in this article during the year past exhibits a fair degree of improvement as com- pared with the season of 1858. During no lengthened period, however, has the demand been very active, but on the other hand, a fair inquiry has prevailed throughout the entire season, with occasional exceptions, while prices have ruled as per our quotations. Under the designation of "Hamburgh Cheese" is included all that made in the towns adjoining to, and in the neighborhood of the city. It is of nearly quiform quality, and owes its reputation to the thorough and peculiar manner in which it is made, and, doubtless, in a degree, to the nature of the soil on which the grass and hay fed to the cows is grown. Be this as it may, the good name of the article is fully established, and the demand for it is increasing from year to year .- The regions which look to this market for sup- plies are Canada West, Michigan, Wisconsin, the northern parts of Indiana and Illinois, and a portion of Iowa. There are some five houses which are engaged almost exclusively in buying and selling this cheese, each of which usually contracts for the product of several dairies at a given price during the whole season. Beside these, several groceries, &c., are engaged to a greater or less extent in the trade.
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